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Ben Veechai is the founder of BVM Consulting Ltd., who specializes in training and consulting within the exhibition, conference, and events industry.
Born in Bangkok, Thailand, and raised in the United States, Ben attended Boston University’s School of Management and later obtained an MBA with distinction at the University of Hong Kong. Whilst in the US, Ben spent several years working for B2B and B2C media brands including International Data Group’s (IDG), PC World, Macworld, and InfoWorld publications. Ben later joined UBM Americas serving as the Marketing Director for the company’s Game Developer division—producers of the Game Developers Conferences® and publications-- for nearly five years. In 2011, Ben moved to Hong Kong to serve as Vice President of Marketing & Corporate Communications for UBM Asia through 2020 and through the company’s acquisition by Informa. During this period, Ben coached and mentored 400+ marketers who organized over 130 shows annually towards outperforming success. Ben also most recently worked under jwc GmbH serving as a Senior Consultant of Event Marketing and MD of jwc’s Southeast Asia operations for three year.
 
With over 20 years of corporate and direct marketing experience in media and events, Ben regularly speaks at worldwide MICE events as well as guest lectures at universities on the topic of events, marketing, customer insights & experience, and career development.  Driven by a passion for event teams to excel, Ben’s unique style of coaching has transformed good events into great events, and great events into recording breaking ones.
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With a belief in the power of transformation through wellness, Ben is also a partner of BASE Bangkok-- a leading group of HIIT fitness studios in Bangkok.
I eventually got recruited to work for competitor UBM and served as the Marketing Director for their videogame portfolio which spans the Game Developer Conferences (GDC) which took place in the US, China, and in Germany annually, and their host of editorial products including Game Developer Magazine and Gamasutra.com. The years I spent working in the videogames industry was incredible and gave me a deep appreciation for the art and science of making games. During this time, I managed several marketers and creative professionals responsible for producing amazing work across multiple product lines. During this time, I also got to meets many famous people in the industry from the creators of Nintendo and Playstation to the inventors of Packman and Rock Band.
Eventually, my work within the video game portfolio gained international attention within the events industry and took me back home to Asia to work at the divisional level for UBM Asia Ltd. During these nine years, I became part of the management team that transformed a US$350 million dollar business into that of a US$600+ million business and which became largest trade exhibition business in Asia.
During this period, I grew from Head of International Marketing to Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications. I worked with and coached some 400+ event marketers and professionals who organized such famous events as Cosmoprof Asia, Hotelex, Food&Hotel Asia, Intermach Thailand and many more. During these years, myself and my team created over 100 bespoke marketing trainings covering areas like marketing planning, digital marketing, social media marketing, public relationships, media strategy and building up partners in marketing. We conducted thousands of hours of training sessions and even wrote two company books: The Introduction to B2B Marketing and Asia’s Journey to Virtual Events. I also spearheaded the marketing and communications strategy for UBM’s strategic alliance with Alibaba between 2014 – 2016.
Today
I love all things marketing related, but what I love even more is helping folks to achieve things they never thought possible. My team and I developed the famous UBM Asia Marketing Meeting & Awards which ran for eight years annually and which garnered a best corporate event awards at the 2015 Event Marketing Awards.
In between work, I would often be invited as a speaker and expert in the field of B2B event marketing and have spoken all over the world at industry events and universities.
Today, I look to expand my knowledge of different businesses and industries through working with all different types of companies, people, and organizations. I strive everyday and with every encounter for folks to feel more confident and eager to bring their marketing goals closer to fruition and success.
Feel free to check out my services and contact me for a chat to learn more about how we can work together.
